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The Shadow Lines

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Opening in Calcutta in the 1960s, Amitav Ghosh's radiant second novel follows two families -- one English, one Bengali -- as their lives intertwine in tragic and comic ways. The narrator, Indian born and English educated, traces events back and forth in time, from the outbreak of World War II to the late twentieth century, through years of Bengali partition and violence, observing the ways in which political events invade private lives.

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The Shadow Lines, Amitav Ghosh

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1989
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Titre
The Shadow Lines
Langue
Anglais
Éditeur
Black Swan
Publié
1989
Format
souple
Pages
251
ISBN10
0552993735
ISBN13
9780552993739
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Titre original
The shadow lines
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3,85 sur 5
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Opening in Calcutta in the 1960s, Amitav Ghosh's radiant second novel follows two families -- one English, one Bengali -- as their lives intertwine in tragic and comic ways. The narrator, Indian born and English educated, traces events back and forth in time, from the outbreak of World War II to the late twentieth century, through years of Bengali partition and violence, observing the ways in which political events invade private lives.